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I like the summoning circle on the left below, have you tried using a yellowish zig-zagged energy beam between the Posts?

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Like this you mean:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...e%20Yellow.png

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You might want to make sure that the components are all rendered at the same angle (such as the angle of stock component images). It will look somewhat strange to view a ship design and see that every image has a different viewing angle.

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Yeah, but maybe a bit more wavy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Everything has had the same angle except the crew quarters, which use an angle similar to the stock image, and the scrying pool, which I have fixed:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20Pool%202.png

EDIT: Wavy like this?
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...cle%20Wavy.png

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Maybe five or so "saw teeth" per section...

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Like either of these?
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20Wavy%202.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20Wavy%203.png

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If you made the one on the right have multi-colored beams it might look cool.

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I'll try that.

Anyway here is the Altar of Healing:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...%20Healing.png

EDIT: Hmm... This background does wierd things to my flames. It looks better on a black background

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Have you been saving them with transparent backgrounds? Might as well just save it as black...

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I didn't realize I had a choice, it just sort of did it automatically and I never paid any attention to it.

Here is the alter with a black background:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...Background.png

And the bicolor Summoning Circle:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...%20Bicolor.png

Does it need to be brighter on the black background?

EDIT: Well anyway here is a brighter one:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...r%20Bright.png

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Ignore him. They already look cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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That is rally nice work.

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I like that Last summoning circle - the brighter one. That's cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Time for an update.

The Fanatic Command:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...%20Command.png
You like the glow on the sword and halberd or is it too much?

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Like it.

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That is really good http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
I have to say I think the glow is just right!

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And Behold The Entire Mana Shard Generator Series:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...erator%20I.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...rator%20II.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...ator%20III.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...rator%20IV.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...erator%20V.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...rator%20VI.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0VII%20NEW.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...tor%20VIII.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...rator%20IX.png

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Gimme a '1'! Gimme a '2'! Gimme a '3'!

Well, it was my first impression. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Lol, never thought about that.

Ok, its idea time.

I still need suggestions for the repair homunculus and the reformation node. I could do something along the lines of a quicksilver being that can assume whatever shape it needs or I could do a glowing orb that will repair the ship magically, or I could make a spiderlike being that can repair the ship. I could even make a smithy if that sounds interesting. Should the repair homunculus be a smaller Version of the reformation node or something entirely different? Is there something I have not thought of that would be cool looking?

For the apothecary bay I was thinking of a bench with a mortar and pestle and jars and bowls that sort of thing.

For the mirror image I was thinking of three orbs each with image of a the same ship in them.

For the see invisibility I was thinking of a large lens mounted in a bracket.

Any ideas for the combat sensors and multiplex tracking?

Any ideas for any other components are welcome.

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Entirely different.

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Hmm... Ok, any suggestions?



EDIT: Here is the Apothecary:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...pothercary.png

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Wow, the mana shard generators look really cool. What programm are you using ? Are you doing postwork !?

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Thanks, I use Rhino for the models and 3D Studio Max for the renders and no I do nothing beyond Max.

EDIT: Here is the See Invisibility:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...visibility.png

EDIT 2: Here is the Repair Homunculus:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...Homunculus.png
I went with a spider magical construct. You like?

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I know I like.

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I introduce you to the Autonomous Constructs (please ignore their lack of a sense of humor and poor conversation skills http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif ):
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0Construct.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0Construct.png

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Hmm... a little bland. Could you make them look more like the following image?

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EP...thralgolem.jpg

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'Oh man I really gotta...'

Another of Narf's first impressions.

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Umm.. Ok? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

Anyway, you mean like this Fyron:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...ruct%20New.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...ruct%20New.png

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Ooohh... yeah! Perhaps some nice bumpy spots on the red/blue parts, to give it a less metalic/technological feel? As in the image I posted. And while you are at it, might as well make a few other colors of these guys. I might want to add more types of master computers/autonomous constructs in the future, and different colors should be easy enough to render. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Why aren't there Hardy Industrialist Versions of the Space Yard Expansions?

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Actually strike that, they need to be metallic... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Just less futuristic robot-looking.

Didn't want it to be too powerful. There are no HI Versions of the Temporal Space Yards either.

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Now, before I go and do the rest of the colors, is this what you mean by bumps?:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...%20-%20Red.png
I tried making the bumps glow, but then he reminded me of a Christmas Tree. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I toned it down a little here:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...ng%20Bumps.png
Which do you like better?

EDIT: I was fiddling around and came up with this:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...ric%20Glow.png
Does this help?

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Hmm... non-glowey looks better.

Looking better, but still says "robot" to me, rather than some sort of medieval-esque construct. Looks too, I dunno, well formed? Like it was produced in a modern factory. The parts look too smooth, too integrated, like if a huge factory was mass producing these things with high-tech laser welding and whatnot, rather than some wizard employing a blacksmith or whatever. Could you make the grey parts and the red parts look more like they are composed of various plates "welded" together as in the image I linked? Like thick parts of plate mail melded together or something... It just looks too "modern." Kind of hard to explain...

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I could try coming up with some stone textures and see if that helps.

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Hey no fair now, editing your post while I was typing mine up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif This one definitely looks better (for the non-modernist approach at any rate). It will suffice if you can't make an even cooler texure. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sleep time for me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif

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I have a better texture and it looks pretty good at higher resolutions, but I just don't know if the small pics have a high enough level of detail to make a difference. I think it does look better though, stone is harder to make look realistic than metal http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif :
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0-%20Stone.png

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That Last one looks pretty good, but why are the legs really bright and the torso really dark?

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This Better?:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20-%20Dark.png

EDIT: Or this one:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0-%20Rough.png

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This is good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Taste The Raindbow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif :
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0-%20Final.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...-%20Orange.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...-%20Yellow.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...0-%20Green.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20-%20Blue.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...-%20Purple.png http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...20-%20Grey.png

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/me eats the robo-skittles.

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Power Rangers! What do they morph into? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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/me kills Power Rangers.

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/me pronounces Krsqk's name, and Krsqk promptly falls over dead. It was his only weakness...

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Lol, you guys are weird. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I'm not sure what the comic has to do with anything http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif , but here is a self destruct device or perhaps something else. I'm not sure really:
http://www.pacifier.com/~gladmill/ad...Dark%20Orb.png


And Fyron were you aware that a Energy Detector Probing Organelle costs 160800 organics. Makes my ships take reaallly long to build. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

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You could make a bunch of weird looking things like that and I am sure I could find some use for them. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

No I was not. Just use an obselete one for now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I don't see how the "robot" guy can control a whole ship, why not give him a bank of controls with round-knob levers and maybe I can see him doing such. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif